Singapore (1969)
Inner city harbor & Sago Lane
Singapore, Inner city harbor
The barges unloaded the ships anchored outside, and the barges were unloaded in the city harbor.
The Inner city harbor stank, especially at low tide.
Many who worked in the harbor were illiterate. But there was the story teller. Nearly every evening he could be found at the harbor front, reading the latest news or telling tales of bygone glorious times.
Terrace houses
Sago Lane, noodle soup stall.
Sago Lane. Those noodles are slippery.
Sago Lane. A Chinese girl eating a noodle soup.
Sago Lane, a coffin maker.
Sago Lane, closing a 'door'
Sago Lane, lifting a coffin onto a funeral truck.
Taoist priest
Sago Lane, a Taoist funeral
Sago Lane, a young family member of the deceased.
Sago Lane, a Taoist funeral
Sago Lane. The funerals were quite noisy.
Sago Lane. A Taoist funeral.
Funeral parlor
Sago Lane. Effigies of cars, houses and money were burned to accompany the deceased.
Sago Lane. Poverty and opium addiction, leftovers from British colonialism.